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Last week’s trading action was about as perky as Lorde at the Grammys, and it’s still looking rather goth this morning. But there’s a camp of bulls out there that’s longed for this kind of relief action. There’s no long-term horizon without the occasional pause.

Friday couldn’t get here soon enough. Granted, sniveling isn’t really allowed, considering the freakish run stocks have been on over the past few years. Still, we’re just not used to the kind of gimpy performance from the equity market so far this year.

“Netflix, bitch.” No, that’s not Jesse Pinkman’s answer to the question: “How do you possibly keep up with ‘Glee’ and ‘Gossip Girl’?” Rather, it was an earnings Q&A jab lobbed by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at his HBO rival. Like they say in the hood, don’t mess with those Los Gatos types.

“I’m a smudge of excrement on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw sewages.” A quote from Sideways, the movie, that captures how many investors might be feeling in this sideways market.

We need more Richard Shermans in Davos. Spice it up a bit. “I’m the best banker in the game, Fareed. When you try me with a sorry senator like Warren, that’s the results you gonna get. Don’t you ever talk about me.” If only. Instead, expect those familiar platitudes wrapped in hyperbole, sometimes delivered with an accent for added gravitas. And fondue.

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